another crime, a horrible one committed by one of america's teen-agers, rather an eight-year-old boy in louisiana shot and killed his 90-year-old care taker in the head as she watched tv. police say -- report the child had just finished playing the giddy game, grand theft auto. cops suspect the teen who killed an australian exchange student in oklahoma for the thrill of it spent their days playing these violent video games. so is this pastime to blame for these brutal acts by kids? joining us now is psychotherapist from california. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> steve: so it's an interesting question, a lot of people, they hear okay, the kid was watching video games and the next thing you know, shoots the care taker in the head. we got to blame video games. it's not that easy, is it? >> no, it's not. it's a complicated answer. video games are a simple, surfacey kind of answer. yes, there has been research out of canada that showed that chronic use of video games does increase aggressiveness in teens. but what creates chronic use of video games? absentee parents. but i'm not blaming the